Bob Powers - Weekly Paintings

LIZZIE

2010-12-17T14:22:00.001-05:00

DUNCAN

2010-12-17T14:04:00.002-05:00

Portrait of a Pretty Woman

2008-12-07T11:31:00.008-05:00

10 x 14 Oil on Canvas

First attempt at a portrait from photographs. Photo's that
were posed by the subject for the portrait and taken by me.

The photo's worked out well and were good to work from.
I've still more work to do on seeing values and reading them
correctly as well as color mixing ..etc....

But I believe this is a likeness and I find that's not
the simplest thing to acheive. More importantly the subject
was pleased with the result and so was the artist.

PoolShot

2008-10-24T14:45:00.004-04:00

6 x 8 Oil on Canvas Board

This weeks painting. I had a source photo of a guy
getting ready to take a pool shot.
This is my version of a piece of it. Specifically, his arm.
After doing last weeks painting on gessoed masonite, I
believe I prefer that as a ground. I think I'll try the next
painting using prepared masonite again.

Oranges, Mama!

2008-10-12T10:27:00.008-04:00

8 x 10 Oil on Masonite Panel

Found a number of public domain photo's online in Library of Congress.
Used several as background sources for various elements.
Figures worked out in a pencil sketch and then painted.

Miniature - White Pumpkins

2008-09-28T09:06:00.012-04:00

6 x 8 Canvas Panel

2nd submission to the weekly painting challenge ( well, I see it as a challenge - to paint a subject I don't actually choose or arrange...etc ) at Karin Jurick's blog DifferentStrokesfromDifferentFolks.com. You can check out the source photo that is posted on K. Juricks site here

A small copy of John Singer Sargent's - El Jaleo: Danse des Gitanes- ( from a magazine Photo of the painting )

2008-09-26T14:36:00.002-04:00

18 x 20 Canvas

Spent a good deal of time on this and learned numbers of thing I'm still trying to put into practice.

A small copy of Rembrandt's -The Night Watch- ( from an online Photo of the painting )

2008-09-26T14:30:00.002-04:00

18 x 24 Canvas

Attempting this was instructive. I didn't get remotely close, but it was fun.

Riley

2008-09-26T14:19:00.002-04:00

8 x 10 Canvas Panel

An old friend.

Catching the Trolley

2008-09-26T14:17:00.002-04:00

8 x 10 Canvas Panel

The source was a photograph from the early 1900's depicting the main street of a mill town in Massachusetts.

Leaving Town

2008-09-26T14:14:00.002-04:00

8 x 10 Canvas Panel

Prompted by a photograph of a young lady with a suitcase waiting under a sign reading "hollywood".

The Lion Dance (Shaolin)

2008-09-26T14:11:00.002-04:00

8 x 10 Canvas Panel

Did this one a while back and can't locate the source photo's that I used, but still have the original barebones
sketch that started me off.

50's Diner

2008-09-26T14:05:00.002-04:00

8 x 10 Canvas Panel

The Diner still exists but I can't say my representation does it justice. I do recall that the coffee was good.

Determined on Something

2008-09-26T14:01:00.004-04:00

8 x 10 Canvas Panel

Saw a photograph of an Ethiopian priest, this tries to reproduce that facial expression. Think I almost got it.

Woman in Orange Cloche

2008-09-26T13:47:00.002-04:00

11 x 14 Canvas Panel

A lovely lady whom I was fortunate to know for a time.

Man Reading Newspaper

2008-09-21T10:18:00.001-04:00

6 x 8 Canvas Panel

Submission to the weekly photo on Different Strokes from Different Folks Blog it's a great idea, and prompted me to put up this blog and begin posting some of my attempts.

I'll be posting a few of my previous oil paintings as soon as I master taking adequate photos.